Siem Reap -Day 2 Banteay Srei After Puru and BerT took the land route to Thailand, I had until the afternoon to explore the man-made wonders...
READ MOREBackpacking across South East Asia: Angkor Wat
by Puru | Mar 3, 2012 | Travelogues, Featured
Lit golden by the setting sun, the magnificent Angkor Wat shone majestically in its waters. Its image will linger in my memory forever, the pinnacle of my dream of seeing it with my own eyes someday.
READ MOREBackpacking across South East Asia -Ta Prohm, Angkor
by Puru | Feb 18, 2012 | Travelogues
If Angkor Wat, the Bayon and other temples are a testimony to the genius of the ancient Khmers, Ta Prohm reminds us equally of the awesome fecundity and power of the jungle.
READ MOREBackpacking across South East Asia: Angkor Thom, Cambodia
by Puru | Feb 17, 2012 | Travelogues
As I sat there reading Amitav Ghosh’s ‘River of Smoke’, I could see lights of some distant city from the window of the...
READ MORERefreshingly Sri Lanka 5: Dambulla Caves
by Puru | Jan 10, 2012 | Travelogues, Featured
Dambulla is a giant rock going to a height of more than 160 feet, with five rock-cut cave temples dedicated to Lord Buddha, dating back to as far as 1st century BC
READ MORERefreshingly Sri Lanka 4: Anuradhapura
by Puru | Jan 8, 2012 | Travelogues
A city built around a sapling from the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment, Anuradhapura is considered as the cradle of Buddhist Sinhalese Culture.
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